Legal Opinion
Lawrence Hill, (90-3923), Cross-Appellant (90-3826) v. Ronald C. Marshall, Terry Morris, (90-3803), Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 23, 1992No. 90-3803, 90-3826 and 90-3923PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Lawrence Hill, an Ohio inmate, appeals the district court’s order of remit-titur of his entire punitive damages award, in a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988). Hill charges the defendant, Terry Morris, the Deputy Superintendent of Treatment at the institution in which Hill is imprisoned, with cruel and unusual punishment violative of the Eighth Amendment, by way of improper inmate medical care. Defendant cross-appeals, challenging, on several grounds, the judgment on the jury verdict for plaintiff. For the reasons that follow, we…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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- City of Canton v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Rizzo v. GoodeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by125 opinions
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- Kevin Darrah v. Dr. KrisherCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2017
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